The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Solihull region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 13 13 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 3.448% 3.797% 11.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.082% 4.615% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £388 £358 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.39% +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
49 65 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 84.48% 82.28% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 19
Average daily rate £275 £280 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.69% +40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £149 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £454 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Solihull Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analyst across the Solihull region.

Solihull Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the Solihull region.

Solihull Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region that cited Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title.

1 5 (29.41%) Smart Meter
2 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 3 (17.65%) B2B
3 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Logistics
4 2 (11.76%) C
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Quality Management
5 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.882%) SQL
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.882%) SAS
5 1 (5.882%) IBM
5 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
5 1 (5.882%) SAP BI
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Management
5 1 (5.882%) Information Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Casewise
5 1 (5.882%) Requirements Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Cleansing

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region that cited Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.882%) SAP BI
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Smart Meter
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) B2B
2 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
3 2 (11.76%) Logistics
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
3 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 1 (5.882%) Quality Management
4 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Management
4 1 (5.882%) Information Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C
2 1 (5.882%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 1 (5.882%) IBM
2 1 (5.882%) Casewise
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle